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LABEL HOLDER. Y No. 480,857. Patented Aug. 16, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV NITHACK, OF OBERNIGK, NEAR BRESLAU, GERMANY.

LABEL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters :Patent N0. 480,857, dated August16, 1892.

Application filed November 18, 1891. Serial No. l112.253. (No model.)

-To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, GUsTAv NITHACK, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,and a resident of Obernigk, near Breslau, in Germany, have invented anew and useful Improvelnent in Label- Holders for Bottles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved device for rapidly attachinglabels to the necks of bottles Without the use of strings or adhesives.

It consists in the various featuresy of improvement more fully pointedoutin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a Vertical central section online O 0, Fig. 3; Fig. 2, an elevation of a bottle provided with theholder and showing the label as itis first introduced; Fig. 3, across-section on line S S, Fig. l; Fig. 4, a view similar to Fig. 2, butwith the holder revolved; Fig. 5,a view similar to Fig. l,with therubber band D released; Fig. 6, a front View of Fig. 5; Fig. 7, anenlarged vertical central section of Fig. 5; Fig. 8, a face view of theholder detached; Fig. 9, a face view of a modification; Fig. 10, avertical central section thereof; Fig. 11, a face view of a furthermodication; Fig. 12, a plan thereof; Fig. 13, a side View of a bottleprovided with this modification; Fig. 14, a longitudinal section thereofwith the label inserted; Fig. 15, a side view thereof with the holderrevolved; and Fig. 16, a cross-section on line P P, Fig. 15.

The letter A represents the holder proper, which in Figs. 1 to 8 isshown to be composed of a U-shaped bail or frame of wire having the endsbent to form eyes a. These eyes are made to embrace a rubber band D,slipped over the neck of the bottle C. The label E is made of taperingform and is slipped into the holder between the bandD and the cross-armbetween band and bottle-neck until it finally v arrives in a positionbelow and parallel to the band, Fig. 7. The revolution of the band willcause the labelE to become folded around the cross-arm A', and when thestrap D is relaxed the label will thus be securely locked in placebetween bail and 'strap on the one hand and the bottle-neck on the otherhand, as shown in Fig. 6.

In Figs. 9 and 10 I employ a square or foursided frame in lieu of thethree-sided bail A2, being the additional or fourth side.

In Figs. 1l to 16 the frame is of the same form as in Figs. 9 and 10;but the band D is doubled upon itself and encircles only onehalf of thebottleneck-z'. e., the half not occupied by the frame, Fig. 1b'. Tofasten the label E to a frame of this form, it is slipped with its endbetween the arms A A2 and then the frame is revolved in the mannerpreviously described. If desired, the cover over the cork may also beattached by this holder.

What I claim is- The combination of a bottle C with an elastic bandencircling its neck, a bail having a rigid cross-arm'A and suspendedbelow the band, and with a flexible label folded around the cross-arm,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAV NITHACK.

Witnesses:

ERNEST JAECKEL, W. LOEWENTHAL,

